Jesus believed in sharing the wealth.

[wjmacguffin]

The American conservatives are most generous people on the planet.

Agreed. What does this have to do with taxes? Are you saying we shouldn't have taxes for welfare because conservatives give more to charity than liberals?

 

[rightwinger]

You mean Jesus is a Liberal?

Who'd a thunk it?

 

[SniperFire]

The American conservatives are most generous people on the planet.

Agreed. What does this have to do with taxes? Are you saying we shouldn't have taxes for welfare because conservatives give more to charity than liberals?

No.

Are you saying sharing the wealth should only be done thru taxation?

 

[SniperFire]

You mean Jesus is a Liberal?

Who'd a thunk it?

Jesus was a theocrat.

My guess is you hate theocrats.

 

[wjmacguffin]

That would mean that Jamal, who puts a gun in your face and takes your wallet is doing God's work!

Who would have thought.

First, I love how you use an obviously black name as the gun-totting criminal in your example. Congratulations on sounding racist.

Second, you are equating armed theft (breaking the law) with taxation (following the law)? And go ahead--try to refute the Bible passages I referred to.

 

[wjmacguffin]

The American conservatives are most generous people on the planet.

Agreed. What does this have to do with taxes? Are you saying we shouldn't have taxes for welfare because conservatives give more to charity than liberals?

No.

Are you saying sharing the wealth should only be done thru taxation?

No. So it sounds like we agree: taxation and charity can work together.

 

[SniperFire]

Agreed. What does this have to do with taxes? Are you saying we shouldn't have taxes for welfare because conservatives give more to charity than liberals?

No.

Are you saying sharing the wealth should only be done thru taxation?

No. So it sounds like we agree: taxation and charity can work together.

Isn't the leftist meme you are supporting here saying that if conservatives don't believe in permitting gubmint to make decisions on charity for them via taxation, they are greedy *****?

 

[NYcarbineer]

If we made school taxes voluntary, does anyone here think our educational system in this country would be better?

Would the 'generous' conservatives here still pay them?

 

[SniperFire]

If we made school taxes voluntary, does anyone here think our educational system in this country would be better?

Would the 'generous' conservatives here still pay them?

Your argument is that things are always better for you if you are able to get your hands on the other guy's stuff.

Typical selfish progressive.

 

[wjmacguffin]

Isn't the leftist meme you are supporting here saying that if conservatives don't believe in permitting gubmint to make decisions on charity for them via taxation, they are greedy *****?

Nope. The OP was about Jesus' support for taxation, and I agree with that based on the Bible.

There's plenty to worry about in terms of taxation. Is the system to complicated? Does it favor the rich by requiring expensive lawyers to figure out? How much is wasted? And so on. To me, questioning whether taxation is done right is not just good, it's patriotic. (It's usually a good thing to question authority, another Jesus trait.)

My problem is when people claim Jesus wouldn't pay taxes. He would but he'd complain about defense spending and want more welfare. That's hard to argue against.

 

[Stephanie]

Tithe meant tenth, it was 10%, the Romans revolted when Augustus went to 25%.

Using Jesus to defend Socialism and Communism is vile

agree, absolutely disgusting

 

[wjmacguffin]

If we made school taxes voluntary, does anyone here think our educational system in this country would be better?

Would the 'generous' conservatives here still pay them?

Your argument is that things are always better for you if you are able to get your hands on the other guy's stuff.

Typical selfish progressive.

Wrong, but thanks for playing. His argument is this: We cannot trust people to donate willingly so we must force people to donate through taxation. That's up for debate, but he never said, nor implied, anything about things being better if he could just get hold of someone else's stuff.

 

[squeeze berry]

Jesus is only showing what a real chrisitan and a true follower of God should be like, we can see there are no real christians here.

you lefties should be happy then. Don't you guys want to totally eliminate christianity?

 

[SniperFire]

Isn't the leftist meme you are supporting here saying that if conservatives don't believe in permitting gubmint to make decisions on charity for them via taxation, they are greedy *****?

Nope. The OP was about Jesus' support for taxation, and I agree with that based on the Bible.

There's plenty to worry about in terms of taxation. Is the system to complicated? Does it favor the rich by requiring expensive lawyers to figure out? How much is wasted? And so on. To me, questioning whether taxation is done right is not just good, it's patriotic. (It's usually a good thing to question authority, another Jesus trait.)

My problem is when people claim Jesus wouldn't pay taxes. He would but he'd complain about defense spending and want more welfare. That's hard to argue against.

Do you know what a strawman argument is?

 

[Gareyt17]

JESUS BELIEVED IN SHARING THE WEALTH.
THE CHRISTIAN’S GOD.

I believe Obama is following the example of Jesus when he said feed the poor, Gleaning in he NT and Tithes. Every society in the human world believe in sharing the wealth. Jesus said to him, “If you would be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor....He fed a multitude with 5 loaves and 2 fish and told them to give the surplus to the poor. He said pay your taxes. If that is not sharing the wealth, what is?
Plus GOD provided manna for the Jews in the wilderness. The Egyptians shared their store house of grain doing 7 lean year famine. The Christian bible teaches sharing the wealth.
As soon as Obama took office, sharing the wealth was communist and socialist and an evil thing as stealing and thief from those that have.
Mormon’s Bishop’s Storehouse it the largest example of sharing the wealth. After the U.S. Government.

PS.
Anytime the Government forces me to have a child that I cannot afford, they damn well be willing to take care of it.

It always cracks me up when one of today's liberals tries to compare their Fascist ways to those of Jesus!

 

[Stephanie]

If we made school taxes voluntary, does anyone here think our educational system in this country would be better?

Would the 'generous' conservatives here still pay them?

Your argument is that things are always better for you if you are able to get your hands on the other guy's stuff.

Typical selfish progressive.

Wrong, but thanks for playing. His argument is this: We cannot trust people to donate willingly so we must force people to donate through taxation. That's up for debate, but he never said, nor implied, anything about things being better if he could just get hold of someone else's stuff.

holy smokes..

 

[Gareyt17]

LOL. Not even midnight yet, and note the number of 'Conservatives' denying the message of Christ at the top of their voices.

You have no knowledge of Christ....He said to "give"...not to TAKE!


Liberals believe in TAKING...Jesus never did this......

 

[SniperFire]

If we made school taxes voluntary, does anyone here think our educational system in this country would be better?

Would the 'generous' conservatives here still pay them?

Your argument is that things are always better for you if you are able to get your hands on the other guy's stuff.

Typical selfish progressive.

Wrong, but thanks for playing. His argument is this: We cannot trust people to donate willingly so we must force people to donate through taxation. That's up for debate, but he never said, nor implied, anything about things being better if he could just get hold of someone else's stuff.

No it wasn't, asswipe. He specifically said things would be BETTER. Read the post.

You rather suck at this.

 

[squeeze berry]

Isn't the leftist meme you are supporting here saying that if conservatives don't believe in permitting gubmint to make decisions on charity for them via taxation, they are greedy *****?

Nope. The OP was about Jesus' support for taxation, and I agree with that based on the Bible.

There's plenty to worry about in terms of taxation. Is the system to complicated? Does it favor the rich by requiring expensive lawyers to figure out? How much is wasted? And so on. To me, questioning whether taxation is done right is not just good, it's patriotic. (It's usually a good thing to question authority, another Jesus trait.)

My problem is when people claim Jesus wouldn't pay taxes. He would but he'd complain about defense spending and want more welfare. That's hard to argue against.

Do you know what a strawman argument is?

didn't JC say something about rendering unto Caesar what is Ceasar's or something like that?

 

[NYcarbineer]

If we made school taxes voluntary, does anyone here think our educational system in this country would be better?

Would the 'generous' conservatives here still pay them?

Your argument is that things are always better for you if you are able to get your hands on the other guy's stuff.

Typical selfish progressive.

Is that a yes or a no?

You think that funding public education in this country is making the country worse. Okay. Then you would end it, and if kids from families who were too poor to pay for their education would simply go without.

How does that make things better?